Fiction #writers, if you find yourself in need of a name for an African-American woman in the early 20th Century, Evergreen kind of rocks.
https://namerology.com/2023/01/17/in-search-of-antique-african-american-names/
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@philipncohen Debra is tricky. While it's obviously a form of Deborah, it's also a response to a moment when girl's names were becoming much more compact and informal. It tracks with Karen, Kathy, Susan, Vicki, etc. That context may be more meaningful than the specific celebrity-fueled name Deborah (which was something of a stylistic anomaly)
@philipncohen Should we combine names for analysis? Can we? E.g. Aidan and Adan correlate in popularity history, but Adan is also Adán (Spanish form of Adam). And people tend to only combine the spellings they think of, which skews results. How do you even identify all the spellings of Riley? (Rhyliegh, Wrylee, Righley, Rielee, Raileigh and dozens more. Or is Raileigh a form of Raley?)
Jon Baker
Oh brother...just woke up to a Daily Mail headline about me: "Woman sparks heated debate with her top 10 most hated baby names." Which was a surprise, because I haven't made a top-10 list of ANYTHING. The best I can figure is this is a histrionic take on an article I wrote for a defunct website 11 years ago. (If the Daily Mail needs more breaking news ideas, I hear that Senator Obama from Illinois is thinking of running for president.)
Nancy FriedmanMy names (and brand names) of the year for 2022.
https://nancyfriedman.typepad.com/away_with_words/2022/12/names-of-the-year-2022-fritinancy-edition.html
https://nancyfriedman.typepad.com/away_with_words/2022/12/names-of-the-year-2022-fritinancy-edition.html
@Sheril The "flight from cuteness" for boys keeps accelerating. E.g. parents calling sons "buddy" because "honey" is somehow emasculating to a toddler. And then there's this: https://namerology.com/2021/07/11/boyish-nicknames-for-girls-are-coming-back-again-with-a-twist/
Namerology.comThe 2022 #Name of the Year is #Volodymyr
@mcc Ooh! A site to save me from the tragic irony of Google results like this
**vague spoiler for the 12/6/22 NYT daily #crossword ahead**
Today's New York Times crossword is satisfyingly #name-forward.